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Caico NE10
5
Winner New Haven UNH-B 36-8
3
So. New Hampshire SNH 34-14
Winner
New Haven UNH-B
36-8
5
Final
3
So. New Hampshire SNH
34-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New Haven UNH-B 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 5 0
So. New Hampshire SNH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 1

W: Kennedy, Tim (8-1) L: Andrew Lalonde (5-4) S: Croce, Kellen (8)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Caico's Three-Run Long Ball Against SNHU Sends No. 8 Baseball into NE10 Winner's Bracket

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Junior Andrew Garcia (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) homered to center field in the fifth and senior Joe Caico (Hopedale, Mass./Worcester (MA)) followed up with a three-run long ball an inning later as the No. 8 University of New Haven baseball team (36-8) scored five unanswered runs against Southern New Hampshire (34-14) to advance to the 2018 NE10 Championship Winners bracket on Friday. The win was the 36th of the season for the Blue and Gold, matching the program record in wins in a single season.
 
The win was a total team effort, as five different Chargers had one hit and five different Chargers scored once. Aside from Caico and Garcia, graduate student Jack Zagaja (Merrick, N.Y./St. Dominic) had the other extra-base hit, a laser off the left center field wall early in the second inning. Senior Tim Kennedy (Ridge, N.Y./Longwood) improved to 8-1 on the season, tossing 6.0 innings, striking out five. Classmate Kellen Croce (Cheshire, Conn./Gunnery School) earned his eighth save of the season, striking out two.
 
Southern New Hampshire posted the first two runs of the game, as third baseman Tom Blandini knocked a two-out, two-RBI double to right field. After two scoreless innings for the Chargers, Garcia led off the inning with his third home run of the season, taking a 3-2 waist-high pitch over the center field wall to cut the deficit to one run. Southern New Hampshire hit two-straight singles in the bottom of the fifth, but Kennedy pitched two straight outs to leave the runners stranded.
 
The Chargers broke through in the top of the sixth, scoring four runs on two hits to extend the lead to three. Sophomore Matt Chamberlain (North Branford, Conn./North Branford) walked and scored on a passed ball, sophomore Billy Huber (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) reached on an error and Walraven bunt singled, before Caico cleared the bases with his fourth long-ball of the season, ripping a 1-0 pitch into the Charger bullpen beyond the right field wall.
 
Southern New Hampshire added a run in the bottom of the eighth with a one-out double but sophomore Brandon LaManna (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West) shut the Penmen down with two fly outs to right field before Croce closed out the game in the bottom of the ninth with two strikeouts and a groundout.
 
New Haven advances to the winner's bracket of NE10 Championship weekend, and will now face No. 3 NE Merrimack, tomorrow (May 11) with first pitch set for 2:00 pm at Penmen Field. For fans who are unable to attend, live stats and video will be available. 
 
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